Dry-goods-measuring machine



June 7, 1927. 1,631,405

J. Y. DOWNING DRY GOODS MEASURING MACHINE Filed July 28. 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR WITNESS:

ATTORNEY June 7, 1927.

J. Y. DOWNING V DRY GOODS MEASURING MACHINE Filed July 28. 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 June 7, 1927.-

- 1,631,405 J. Y. DOWNING DRY GOODS MEASURING MACHINE Filed July 28 1924 .4 Sheets-Sheet 3 J 2701mm;

INVENTOR I v EY wrrmsss; v ATTORN Patented June 7, 1927.

UNITED STATES JAMES Y G'D W r Manson; missiesir i imx-eoons-mnnsunrneMacrame ll'p plication filed. my 28,

This invention relatesto a cloth handling inachine; the general object of the invention being to provide means whereby cloth and the like can be taken from the flat bolts in WlllCh llt comes from the manufacturerl'and Wound upon tubes so that it can be =mre easily handled and stored and will be less .40 chine with the motor'being shown. injeleva- ,As is Well. known the bolts of cloth are liable to deteriorate than when kept in the bolt, form.

, Another object of the invention is to provide means for measuring the cloth asit is being sold-or when received fromv the manufacturer, a

Afurther object'of the invention is to pro- ..vide means forrolling up with the cloth a measuring strip which facilitates the measuring of the cloth when the same is being sold.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and inthe combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully describechillustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in. theappended claim. 7 Y In describing my invention in detail, reference will behad to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout-the sev eral views, and in which z v Figure 1 is an elevation of one arrangement of carrying out the inventioin Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View through Figure 5 -Figure 3 is a detailplan view of the auto,-

' Figure 4: 1s an elevation of such means.

Figure 5 is a section online 5- 5 of Fig-J ureS, one of the gears connecting the mation. Figure 6 vation.

Figure-7 is a sectional View taken atright angles to Figure 6, the operating 'd skbemg shown in elevation.

Figure 7 a is an enlarged. detail view of the Figure 10 is a view of a supporting rack- Ifor a numberof rolls of material; j

is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 3, the operating disk belng shown n ele- 1924. wam. "228,759.

'fiat formation as they, come from the manufacturer, as shown at Ain Figures. land 2,

the cloth being ound around-astrip or board 1 of paste board or' other material These bolts are usually placed on shelvesand' arepiled one upon another so that it is very difiicult to handle .the bolts asthey must be taken from the shelves and piled upon the counter .inorder to show the goodsto. the customer. The goods deteriorates I .very

rapidly under these conditions and each bolt I must be handled in order to displaythe goods" tothe customer. It isthe object of 7 my invention torewind the goods upontubes so that the tubes: can be placed in display racks in suchfa manner-that they will 150- tate sothat the goods can be readily inspected and portions taken from'the rolls without difliculty. 1 In carryingout my in-v -vention I provide supporting framework which may be a cabinet, and place a rod 3- 1n the upper part thereof which, slidingly' supportsa depending frame 41 which carries the pointed pintle'5, a similar pintle 6 being carried by the cabinet'2 so that a bolt of pintles. by having the pointed'ends of said I prefer to place; a spring? onthe rod Band to connect one end thereoffwith the cabinet. and its other end with the frame lso that the frame will ad just itself to the length of the bolt, being matic stopping mechanism for operating the fmeasuring boarclby a motor.

end ofthe cabinet under the pin'tlefi and a stubshaft-10 is journ'aled in the lower'end of the frame land-is provided witha handle .11 and .withadisc 3 i I I, A spring'13 on' theshaft, and arranged :between the .disc 12 and the frame 4;, tends to move the shaft longitudinally until its handle 11 engagesithe frame 4 and prevents cloth A may' be rotatably supported by the l further movement ofthe shaft. The pintle 8 and the inner end ofth'e'shaft -10 areadapted to engage sockets 14 formed-limthe'ends of a tube15, the socket'for'the shaft lObeingv of rectangular shape and the end-of said shaft being of similar shape so that the I tube 15 willbe rotated withnthe-shaft -l when the. handle 11 J is. turned. i -;Thus when the bolt is placed on the pintles 5 and16'and' a-tube15put in position below thefsame' and the end of the'clo'th fastened 1 to the'tube by turning the handle 11, the

' cloth will be rolled from the bolt upon the tube 15 and when said tube 15 is full it may be placed in a cabinet or other-support which is provided with projections for engaging the sockets 14 so that the roll of 1 clot-h will be rotatably supported and the goods can be easily inspected or portions-cut from the roll by rotating the roll. The tubes can be supported on the support B shown in Figure 10, which is provided with the hooks a for receiving the ends of the tube 15.

I may also place a small roll 16 adjacent the tube 15, this roll 16 being adapted to constrip taking the place of a measuring rule.

In order to facilitate the sale of the goods I provide a measuring board 17 which has a socket at one end adapted to receive the pintle 18 carried by thespring strip 19 and which has a long socket 20 at its other end for receiving the spindle 21 which is connected with the worm shaft 22 carried by the journals 23 and which-is adapted to be driven from the motor 24 by the gears 25 and the friction clutch 26. This board 17 is provided with a clip 27 which serves as a means of connecting the end of the cloth to the board and the board is preferably of a width equal to a half yard so that two turns of cloth around the board will give approximately a yard of material. Four turns would give approximately two yards so that each time the board is rotated a complete revolution approximately a yard of material is wrapped on the same. Of course the board can be made of other dimensions than a half yard. r

The shaft 22 is provided with a spiral thread 28 and a hole 29. A block 30 is slidably mounted in the frame 31 which is pro vided with graduationsf32 which cooperate with a marker 33 on the block. A stem 34 shaft 22 by holding the same against rotation while the clutch 26 slips over the end of the shaft 22. A cross piece 36 is carried by the stem and pins 37 are carried by the cross piece and extend into holes 38 formed in the block. Springs 39 on the pins'tend to hold the stem in engagement with the threads and to force it into the opening 29 when it comes opposite the same. A knurled disc handle 40 is rotatably mounted 'on the end of the stem and a-cam 41 on said handle coacts with a cam 42 on the block. It will be apparent from the illustrations 6 and 7 that the springs 39 bearing against the cross piece 36 will normally retain the stem 34 into'engagement with the thread 28 until the stems become aligned with the opening 29, at which time the tension of the springs will project the stems into this opening to prevent further rotation of the shaft 22 and in order to remove the stem from the opening to resetthe block 30, the disk 40 is rotated so that the action of the cams 41 and 42 will withdraw the stem from the opening 29.

It will thus be seen that the motor will continue to operate the board 17 until the stem leaves the thread and enters the hole 29 when further movement of the shaft 22 will be prevented and the board 17 will come to rest. Thus the parts can be set by means of the scale 32 so that the correct amount of goods will be wound upon the board and then the board will cease to rotate. I also provide means for sounding an alarm when a certain amount of material has been unwound from a roll. Such means consists of a shaft 43 rotatably mounted in the frame and having the friction rolls 44 thereon which are engaged by the cloth so that the shaft will be rotated as the cloth passes over the rolls and under a guiding shaft 45 011 its way to the board 17. One of the rolls 44 is adjustably mounted on the shaft 43 as shown; The shaft 43 is connected by the gears 46 with the shaft 47 of a disc 48 which carries the dial 49. The shaft 47 is supported upon a bearing bracket-carried by the cabinet 42 as clearly illustrated in Figures 7 and 8. A marker 50 isassoc'iated with the dial and a block 51 on the disc is adapted to close the switch 52 on a support 53 which controls the circuit 54 of an alarm 55. Thus every time the block 51 comes opposite the. switch the alarm will be sounded. The switch member 52 includes a stationary and a resilient contact, the resilient .contact being normally positioned in the path of the block 21 so that after the disk 48 rotates and brings the block 51 into engagemen't with the resilient contact this contact will be forced into engagement with the stationary contact in order to close the circuit and after the block 51 is moved out of engagement with the spring contact the said spring contact will be returned to its en-' gagement relative to the stationary contact.

This device is useful in measuring in taking small pieces of material as the dial could be set in relation to the marker 50 so that the hell would ring when a certain amount of material has been unrolled. While'this' device is shown as associated with the board 1 17 it will be understood that a .tube similar to the tube 15 could be used in place of the board 17 so that the goods could bewound upon such tube and-the goods passing over the rolls 44 of the shaft-43 Would actuate the alarm as before explained. The goods can be rolled directlyfrom the bolt on to the board 17 or upon a tube used in'place of said board or the goods could be unrolled from a tube similar to the tube 15 and placed in a similar position as said'tube15.

I prefer to provide the board 17 With a chart 17 and with a sliding cost scale 17 for facilitating the cost of different pieces of material at different prices.

From the foregoing it Will be seen that I have provided means whereby cloth can be easily and quickly Wound upon tubes or shafts'and also means for measuring the cloth asit is being unwound.

Figure 2 shows supporting members 60 in the supporting cabinet for the bolts. These supports may be of any, desired type and "could be placed in other cabinets or sup- 1 is wound upon the tube whereby to measure ports Which do'not contain the winding appliance. v 1 Y It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and {novel features of my invention Will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understoodthat I may makeichanges in the construction and in the combination. and arrangement of the sev- 'eral parts, provided that such changes fall ithin thescope of the appended claim.

What I claim is A device of the class described including a supporting frame, means detachably, re--- movably and rotatably supporting a bolt of material in the frame, a tube removably supported in the same beneath the bolt supporting means, means whereby to impart rotative movement to said tube for Winding material thereon from the bolt and meansv disposed-between the layer'of material as it said material-When removed from the tube.-

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. 7

JAMES YOUNG DOWNING 

